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Title: World Assumptions, Posttraumatic Growth, and Contributing Factors in a Population of New Nurses
Author: Jesse, Michelle
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: This multi-site study assessed newly licensed, newly hired nurses to determine whether their professional experiences contribute to the development of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and well-being. Also, how world assumptions, coping, social support, ...

Title: WRITING TO UNDERSTAND, EXPLAIN, AND REFLECT: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WRITERS' WORKSHOP MODEL IN A FOURTH-GRADE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
Author: Martin, Christie
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The purposes of this study are to (1) understand how elementary school students use writing to reflect their learning and problem solving in mathematics; and (2) to explore how teachers adapt their instructional approaches based upon reflection on...

Title: Variations within class-a beta-lactamase physiochemical properties reflect evolutionary and environmental patterns, but not antibiotic specificity
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Verma, Deeptak, Livesay, Dennis R.
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Bacteria
Description: The bacterial enzyme beta-lactamase hydrolyzes the beta-lactam ring of penicillin and chemically related antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. Due to rampant antibiotic overuse, the enzyme is evolving new resistance activities at an alarming ra...

Title: VIBRIO VULNIFICUS VIRULENCE AND SURVIVAL MECHANISMS REVEALED THROUGH COMPARATIVE MICROBIAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS
Author: Morrison, Shatavia
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics
Description: A sound genome assembly and robust annotations are essential to the differential analysis of bacterial genomes. Using a case study data set of newly sequenced Vibrio vulnificus genomes, both the biology of these bacteria, and the bioinformatics pr...

Title: User Centric Policy Management
Author: Cheek, Gorrell
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Information technology
Description: Internet use, in general, and online social networking sites, in particular, are experiencing tremendous growth with hundreds of millions of active users. As a result, there is a tremendous amount of privacy information and content online. Protect...

Title: Understanding at-risk technology users: a phenomenological approach
Author: Acosta, Kristina
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of users' experiences of technology that are at-risk of potential addictive behaviors. The sample consisted of 12 individuals, who self-identified as at-risk technology users. A th...

Title: Trauma, Emotional Distress, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Greek Affiliation, and Year-in-School as Predictors of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs Among Undergraduate College Students.
Author: Jeffs, Patrick
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Public health, Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this study was to identity how events perceived as traumatic or very difficult to handle, factors of emotional distress, and demographics may predict nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMPD) among traditional undergraduate colleg...

Title: Toward a better understanding of viewers' perceptions of tag clouds: relative size judgment
Author: Dhou, Khaldoon
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Cognitive psychology
Description: This dissertation focuses on viewers' perception of the relative size of words presented in tag clouds. A tag cloud is a representation of the word content of a source document where the relative frequency, or importance, of the keywords (i.e., ta...

Title: Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Induce an Illegitimate Genome Rearrangement Common in Infant Leukemia
Author: Bariar, Bhawana
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology
Description: Infant acute leukemias account for ~30% of all malignancy seen in childhood across the Western world. They are aggressive and characterized by rapid onset shortly after birth. The majority of these have rearrangements involving the MLL (mixed line...

Title: Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy
Author: Blackmon, Richard
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Biomedical engineering
Description: The Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL) has been studied as a potential alternative to the conventional Holmium:YAG laser (Ho:YAG) for the treatment of kidney stones. The TFL is more ideally suited for laser lithotripsy because of the higher absorption coef...

Title: Three essays on empirical finance
Author: Wang, Ruoyang
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: This dissertation includes 3 papers in empirical finance.In chapter 1, since theory suggests a relationship between both volatility of volatility, variance risk premium, and the equity risk premium; we empirically investigate the relationship betw...

Title: Three essays on corporate debt mix, maturity structure, and inside debt compensation
Author: Nguyen, Hung
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: In Chapter 1, we use a large sample of new debt to examine the determinants of corporate debt mix and to test the substitute/complement effects among debt sources. We find that both firm-level factors and macroeconomic variables are important dete...

Title: Three Essays on Pricing Kernel in Asset Pricing
Author: Cai, Minhao
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: Pricing Kernel extends concepts from economics and finance to include adjustments for risk. When pricing kernel is given, by non-arbitrage theory, all securities can be priced. Searching for a proper pricing kernel is one of the most important tas...

Title: The role of emotion in visualization
Author: Harrison, Lane
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: The popular notion that emotion and reason are incompatible is no longer defensible. Recent research in psychology and cognitive science has established emotion as a key element in numerous aspects of perception and cognition, including attention,...

Title: The fundamental application of decision analysis to manufacturing.
Author: Karandikar, Jaydeep
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Industrial engineering
Description: Machining models are available to predict nearly every aspect of machining processes. In milling, for example, models are available to relate stability, part accuracy (from forced vibrations during stable machining), and tool wear to the selected ...

Title: The effect of structure in short regions of DNA on measurements on short-oligonucleotide microarray and Ion Torrent PGM sequencing platforms
Author: Khoshnevis, Saeed
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics
Description: Single-stranded DNA in solution has been studied by biophysicists for many years, as complex structures, both stable and dynamic, form under normal experimental conditions. Stable intra-strand formations affect enzymatic technical processes such a...

Title: The center and cyclicity problems in a family of three dimensional polynomial systems of ordinary differential equations.
Author: Hounkanli, Kokouvi
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics
Description: This dissertation is mainly a study of the center problem in the context of a family of three dimensional systems of ordinary differential equations of the form· {u} = &minus v + P(u,v,w), · {v} = u+Q(u,v,w), · {w}=&minus &lambda...

Title: The Validity of the Achievement-Orientation Model for Gifted Middle School Students
Author: Ritchotte, Jennifer
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Gifted children--Education
Description: Gifted underachievement represents a frustrating loss of potential for society. Although attempts have been made to develop interventions to reverse gifted underachievement, the theoretical underpinnings of these interventions have yet to be empir...

Title: The University English Lecturer: Colleague or Commodity
Author: Carney, Karen
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education
Description: Consumer demands and annual budgetary inconsistencies have caused today's postsecondary academic landscape to continuously shift and change. Challenges to remain competitive or simply survive impact postsecondary institutions at their most fundame...

Title: The Influence of Teach for America on Algebra I Student Achievement
Author: Carroll, Curtis
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This non-experimental study examined the influence of an initiative that High Risk School District (pseudonym) implemented to offset the effect of low student academic performance in low performing-schools. The study attempted to answer the follow...